Aleksandr Schrempf

Aleksandr Petrovich Schrempf (17 January 1848-2 October 1904) was a Major-General in the Imperial Russian Army of the Russian Empire during the Russo-Japanese War. He was killed along with all of his staff officers at the 1904 Battle of Chuanghuh as he led an army into battle with the Imperial Japanese Army in Manchuria.

Biography
Schrempf was born on 17 January 1848 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of Volga Germans, a considerable ethnic minority in the region. He was of aristocratic birth, and he rose in the ranks of the Imperial Russian Army, fighting in the Caucasus against the Muslims and then in Central Asia against the khanates in the region. Schrempf was a Colonel by 1889, and he was promoted to Major-General in 1900. Schrempf was given command of a corps of the Russian military stationed in Manchuria, and he fought against the Imperial Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Schrempf and his staff officers were bombarded by artillery fire and volleys of bullets from the Japanese riflemen, and he lost several of his staff to explosive shells. Schrempf and all of his staff would be gunned down during a suicidal charge against the Japanese troops.